Greencastle Herald, Greencastle, Putnam County, 25 January 1908 — Page 1

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ATION FOR CONORESS IN THE FIFTH DISTRICT IS CAUSING aivch stir in the ranks of the local politicians.

favor of Mr. HoIJiday, who eventualj ly was nominated. When Mr. Gulley refused to “lay down” the local postmaster told him that he would fight him to the bitter end. This year there are two candidates for the nomination, Mr. Gulley Is opposed In the race by Howard Max- | well °f Rockville. Maxwell is the

machine candidate.

CABLE IS BURNED DOWN

Local Telephone Company SufTcrs Seriously Through a Peculiar Accident at the luteriirhan Station.

pletely bewildered by their opponents play. Sheets scored two points and Johnson at the other forward broke loose and sent two nice ones through the hoop before tho whistle blew. The score for the half was

DePauw 15, Earlham 5.

The entire team put up tho best | exhibition of basketball that they have shown this year. The men not

When Mr. Zeis was elected to fill EIGHTY PHONES OUT OF BUSINESS 0llly guard ° l1 wo11 but the y were abl ° the place of Republican County to get loose at. the right time and

CHARGES AGAINST LOCAL MAN >Chairman a few weeks ag0 11 was SOIlle good pasalng was the result. U Ith the beliel v the rank ami file \ peculiar accident at the inter l>r " i,t ' Sheets and Johnson did pret-

Of his party that he would be a Oul- uban statlon Thur8day nlKht ... ^ "• ork the basket and the low

ley man and opposed to the ring.

Alleged That Grocer Deserted the Anti-Ring Faction and Went to the Machine on the Promise That he Would 1m* Given a Federal Job— Major Dunbar Fighting Otis Gulley, the Hetidricks Comity Candi-

date.

Charges that Charley Zeis, the cimirman of the Putnam County Republican Central Committee, has deserted the anti-machine ring In hb party and has gone over to the machine, on the promise that lie will be made postmaster hero at. the expiration of John G. Dunbar’s term, are now stirring things among the

This was believed until Mr. Zeis went to Terre Haute last week to n^i with the county chairmen of the district to arrange a date for the Congressional Convention. The Maxwell wing was out for an early convention. Its object was to do the “snap convention” act and rely upon the machine to fix the delegates for Maxwel|. In other words 1 bey planned to hold an early convention. This would not allow Mr. Gulley time to go over the district and look after his delegates, while the machine in tho district could easily fix the delegates for Maxwell. It .was never dreamed by the fol-

past ten o’clock, severed tho largo telephone eaple leading to the south part of town, and rendered about 80 phones useless for several days to come. The accident happened at I the point where the telephone com-

Republieans in Putnam County and j lowers of Mr. Zeis, however, that he

would stand for such a p|ay by the

the Fifth District.

The bottom of the whole affair, it is said, hinges on the hatred of Postmaster John G. Dunbar, for Otis E. Gulley, the Hendricks County candidate for nomination for Con-

score of tho opposing team proves how well the guards performed their duty. The lineup and score is as fol-

lows:

DePauw Position Earlham Sheets (C) . . F Hotchkiss Johnson F . . Chambers (C)

, , Pruitt, Baehelder C Genu panys lines cross the lines of the Grady q Now80In Terre Haute. Indianapolis and East- Hardin, Hodges G Wilson

ern Traction Campany. At this point the high tension wires of the

Summary: DePauw:

Field Goals, Pruitt J,

in tern ban, its trolley wires, and tho i Q . . „ . T . • able of Hie telephone company pass 1 ,, . . beneath the open wires of the telep- | awarded

hone company, and all are very close

Points

machine. They were fooled by Postmaster Dunbar and Jesse Weik, the anti-Gulley leaders, were off to Terre Haute on the day of the meeting. After they arrived there it is

gress. This hatred is said to have alleged that they got Mr. Zeis into a originated tw 0 years ago when Mr. closet session at which the local gro-

cer developed a complete change at heart. It is said that he was promised the postofilce here provided he } would “get right” and vote for a snap convention. This he did. The convention will ho February 2(!. Now the local Republicans are . Gulley men are good and sore at ! their county chairman. The post- | master and Mr. Weik, however, are ; going around with a smile of satis- | faction, which says to the minors in | the ranks, “back to the tall and un- ! cut.” Both Mr. Gulley and Mr. Maxwell were here today. Their conduct would lead one to believe Ithat there was something doing.

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It is the custom of the interuban company to switch off its night car due here at 10 o’clock, and leave it for the night on the frieght switch. Thursday night, in attempting to do this, the trolled pole slipped from the wire and came in contact with j the telephone cable, while also in contact, lower down on the pole, with the live trolley wire. As a • result the half inch steel cable carrying the lead pipe containing the - telephone wires was burned through and the wires themselves, within jt.he lead casing, to the number of 80, were burned off. The whole accident did not take more than two 1 minutes of time. The main switch board of the telephone company fortunately escaped though for a few

minutes it seemed doomed.

The accident Is serious because of the difficulty of making repairs. The SO wires to be spliced are in a twisted cable scarcely an inch in diameter Each of these must be spliced to the opposite severed end of the cable in such a way that each wire is complete each phone connected to its proper number in the switch board. Not only is this true, but the work must be done in very close prox'mity to the live wires of the interurban road. It. is expected that several days will elapse before the repairs

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ShiM>ts

Total 21.

Earlham: Field Goals, Wilson 2.

1 Foul goals, Genn 5, Total 11. Time of halves 20 minutes. Referee Guedol, Indianapolis.

TEACHERS IN EXAMINATION

EAST WIN FROM RAKERS

In a surprising reversal of form and displaying the best team work of the season the DePauw quintet gave tile Earlham college live a severe drubbing last night the game ending 24 to 11. The visitors were outplayed at every stage of tho game and the old gold representatives were in tlie lead all the way. Earlham at times took a brace and with some pretty passing threatened to make a change btit the ball could scarcely ever be brought dangerously near a goal. Coach Vaile had no excuses to offer for the result, on the part of his men and close by him pleased with the sphsidid work of his proteges old man Brown w:^s grinning the sheepish grin that started the day of tlie Earlham football game. DePauw took the lead at the start Pruitt getting two points close after tile tossup. Sheets soon made it three and with this slant the Quakers were never able to head them off. (lenn, the big center of the visitors did good work in tossing fouls In the first half securing four late in the half, but the only basket- they were able to land was by Wilson. Pruitt secured another before the whistle blew and with a point awarded tlie half ended DePauw 9, Earlham C. The only ^official of the game was Guedel of Indianapolis whose work throughout was the best seen here in a long time. He kept the game clean and his judgment was more satisfactory than is usually found with two officials. The second half was easier than the first and the local men soon started a fusllade of shots for the basket. Fouls on Earlham were frequent and Captain Sheets secured about half the chances. Grady secured a pretty goal and Pruitt soon duplicated tlie trick. Referee Guedel awarded another point to DePauw. Wilson for the visitors did the best work in this period securing two field counters In rapid successlion. Pruitt was sent from the game ! eight minutes before the close for j fouling Baehelder taking his place. Ft was about this time that the lo- | cals began to get in their best passing for the Earlhamites were com-

Mnkc First Mtcinpt I nder Hie New Law add Sign Special Blanks (Jiving the Preparatory Training. MANY LESS TflY THAN LAST YEAR

Tlie men and women of the county who wish to be teachers arc* trying for license under tlie new law today. The law is very rigid, and before any teacher can take tlie examination they must answer the following questions. Have you ever taught school? Where? How long? If you have never taugh please answer the following question: Are you a cohimisloned High School graduate? Where? When? Are you an accredited High Sshool graduate? Where When? Have you had a full twelve weeks Normal Tralnin in: Educational Psyology? In Observation and Study in Training School? In School Organization and Administration? In what school was the above Normal work .taken? When? Have you your passing grades signed by the President of the school ? If the above questions are not answered in thf affirmative you are barred from taking tlie teacher’s examination both in the High School and also in the grades. About forty-five teachers qualified for the examination. This shows the rigor of the law, for formerly nearly a hundred appeared for this first examination. The matter of the examination itself is not radically different from that, of other days.

FRANK ROLLER A CHAMPION

Former DePauw Football Star (’limbs One Round Higher in the Wrestling (Janie by Defeating Farmer Diii’iih of Iowa in Straight Falls.

WAS AN EASY JOB FOR HIM

SECOND DAY OF INSTITUTE

Larger Crowd Than First Day Tells Of (Jood Work Reing Done by Instructors in Various Lines of Work

WOOLEN TELLS ABOUT THE BIRDS

Tho second day of the Farmer's Institute opened clear and warmer. The excellent work of tho previous day had been reported and before noon the room would not hold the crowd that wanted to hear tho subjects of the day. Friday afternoon Mr. Gentry of Rockport had told the farmers how to test the soil for Jacking elements He had sugested the plot culture method. He advised taking a plot of ground a few feet square and treating it with some kind of fertilizer, for instance nitrogen, and another similar plot and feed It poiash. A third plot was to have both nitrogen and potash, and a fifth phosphoric add, while a sixth had all three elements and a seventh no fertilizer at all. In this way tin farmer could learn whether one element, or all or two, or none would help the land. The question was slip further discussed in a most pleasing manner by Dr. Blanchard. Professor of Chemistry in DePauw University. Following Dr. Blanchard L. A. Stockwell, of Indianapolis, made a plea for forestry, especially in the form of Catalpa growing. He sho'ved the value of this tree for posts and nian\ uses both on tin* farm ami | rnimen ially. He p dntod out that it Neould be grown on waste land, and that it would produce m my dollars per acre where little else could

lie grown.

In the evening W. W. Woolen of Indianapolis spoke on birds. Mr. Woolen is an enthusiast, and few who heard him but realized, as never before, the place of the bird in the economy of nature. Ho declared that more birds meant fewer bugs lb* urged that the birds, even game birds, lie protected for tho benefit of the farm and Its crops. After prayer by Dr. Hoag; 1 ml. and music, the work of Saturday opened with a discussion of potato growing by Oliver Kline of Huntington. Mr. Kline stated that the richest plot, and that best provided with bumos, should be given to the potato. A clover sod well ooxered with manure, broken in the fail and rebroken in the spring was ide:il. The potato should be covered deep, and hero commercial fertilizer could be used to advantage. He declared that 200 bushels to the acre was the goil each potato grower should aim at. The discussion was conducted by .1. L. Hillis n/d was fully as interesting as tho original paper. Tlie next number was Education for Home Makers by Mrs. Romine, of Mooresville, Ind. Mrs. Romine was nt one time a teacher in the domestic science department of Purdue University. She now lias a home of her own, and told In a most interesting way how the ideas and theories of tlie domestic science school could be made practical in the home. Mrs. W. V. Torr led the discussion, which was brief but excellent. A number not on the program

was then given by Mrs. S. A. Hazelett, who read a very amusing and | pointed story called Betty Ann’s experience. It was very well read and brought much laughter and applause. The institute then adjourn-

ed for dinner.

During the morning Special Judge I Cline passed upon the exhibit of yol- | low corn grown by a boy. The best ten oars were judged to belong to 1 Harry Lewis, Second prize went to Floyd Mullinlx. John Robe judged the white corn and first prize went to I. Nichols. The exhibits were not numerous but were very good. The committee on nominations reported the names of Mack Jones for President and Ora Day for Secretary

IS INJURED IN A RUNAWAY

Mncy Watkins, Principal of tin* Ml. Meridian lligli School, is Thrown From a I’.iiggy anil Dangerously Injlired—Was Stil/ ITicoiiselons This Morning.

ACCIDENT HAPFENED FRIDAY NIGHT

While returning from Union Valley Church where they had been to a tend a lecture last night, the horse driven to by Earl Runyan and Maey W atkins scared and ran away. Both \ of the young men were thrown from the buggy. Runyan escaped uninjured but Mr. Watkins was unconscious when picked up. He remained unconscious all night and was in tlie same condition this morn-

THROUGH SERVICE OEGINS

INTFRIRBAN ( \RS RFNNTNtJ TO BRAZIL AND TKRKK HAUTE THIS MORNING—NEW TIME IS INSl FD--WFNT ROUND CARS STILL LFAVK INDIANAPOLIS ON THF KVKN HOUR.

LEAVE HERE ON QUARTER HOURS

First Train for Indianapolis at (1:15 A- 'L—Last far from Indianapolis Fach Night Leaves at I I ::{o Can Leave for Terre Haute at 5:4 I A. M.

Through service from Indianapolis to Terre Haute on the Torre Haute, Indianapolis and Eastern Traction Line, began this morning. With the adoption of a through service a new time card went into effect. Cars leaving Greencastle for Indianapolis on the even hour heretofore, now leave for Indianapolis on the quarter hour. The first car to Indianapolis in the morning leaves at 6:15 o'clock. There Is no change in time of leaving Indianapolis. The cars still leave tin* Interurban Union Depot for the west on the even hour. Thi cars from Indianapolis now are scheduled to make the trip to (ireencastle In an hour and forty minutes. And all cars for the west I rout Greencastle leave just 41 minutes after the regular hour. The new time card is given below. Yesterday a number of Greencastle busm ss and professional men, as guests

intt.

Mr. Watkins is principal of the Mtjof the Interurban ofiiiials, went to Meridian High School. His home is | Brazil over the new line. One of at New Maysville but he Is living at the regular new cars were used for tlie Half Way House at Mt. Meridian the trip. The guests of the road Ibis winter. The boys were near''.ere sttprised to tine the good condhome when tho horse scared. Mr ition of the road. Tin* car ran as Watkins was carried to Half Way smoothly as if it were running on an

House and a doctor called. No bones are broken, but it is believed that he is suffering concussion of the brain H Tlie horse belongs to young Runyan. What the animal scared at Is a mystery. The buggy was demolished.

SEATTLE, Wash., January 24.— Dr. H. F. Roller by throwing Farmer Burns of Iowa, In two straight falls last night, placed himself next to champion Frank Gotch in the list of American wrestlers. He expects to sign articles during the next two weeks for a finish bout with the title holder, and those who have seen him perform believe the present champion will not be entitled to a match with Hackenschmidt after Roller gets through with him. Roller Burns twice in ten minutes, apparently finding the job easier than did Gotch in his last bout with the Farmer. Roller has a fifteen minute draw with Gotch. Roller Is a fomer Indiana athlete, having gained distinction at DePauw In football and other departments of athletics. He is a giant.

When you go away or have visitors call 05 ami let people know it.

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old road bed. The road is all ballasted excepting about a mile just this side of Brazil. Work at putting the ballast on there was being pushed with great rapidity and all of that work probably will be c nnpleted by tonight. The car remained in Brazil for about ir> minutes and then started on tlie return

trip.

REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. • # S|C <t * * * * :|| * * * * * * *

George A. Gowen to Eliza Ragland Ir: 1 ,,,, the, A3 celebrate anniversary dison D. Chew, land In Washington I

t>p., $700.

Eliza Ragland to Edmond Perkins land in Clinton tp., $2750.

Frank Bryan and wife to Eliza A. Conner and husband, land in Greeniastle tp., $.T000. Iloris (J. Crawley and wife to

i Members of Local fliuptc! anil .Aliim11:10 Over the State Gather In Indianapolis to Lunch in Honor

Of Birth of Sorority.

A large number of alumnae of

Crawford Crawley, lot in Greencas- Kappa Alpha Theta from Greencas* tie, $100. tie are in Indianapolis today to at-

” tend a luncheon at tlie Claypool Ho-

TM’aYIT’ P 1 ! vr>nl O tin rr l ' >l The ''"“Piet is in celebration of ” C/W i I L/LI let; Lx LI the birthday of the society, which

had its origin here at DePauw. The I alumnae from all over tlie state are 'expected to be present as well as ac-

I onliiiniiiK ^ bt * lalesl hooks of tive members from DePauw and InI'iction niol all new hooks of (liana University. Covers were laid Fiction us they are issued. * or *' so hundred at the Claypool. , , , 1 / T* 1 *’ luncheon was to begin at 1 o'-

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